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1 PRESENTING FREEOK 2013 THE OKLAHOMA FREETHOUGHT CONVENTION COX CONVENTION CENTER OKC Saturday, June 22nd FEATURING GUEST SPEAKERS: DALE McGOWAN SEAN FAIRCLOTH JAMILA BEY ZACK KOPPLIN EMILY BOYER SETH ANDREWS AND LAWRENCE KRAUSS EVENT GUIDE 1 Welcome to FreeOK 2 Event Schedule 3 Speaker Bios 6 Sponsors 7 Event Map

2 WELCOME TO FREEOK FreeOK has been busy! In lieu of a sponsored charity this year, we decided to use our outreach for the benefit of local communities as needed. We ve developed quite the bond with a few freethinking businesses and community organizers whose contributions are based on humanist efforts and less on dogmatic principle. On May 19th and 20th, localities in and surrounding the OKC metro area were hit by a devastating round of powerful tornadoes. We organized volunteer and resource drives to outlying areas and served breakfast to first responders in Moore. We helped orchestrate a fundraiser for Oklahoma Atheist Rebecca Vitsmun through the I m actually an atheist t-shirts, selling close to 1,000 across 20 different countries. Our accompanying Literacy Drive will help replenish books and school supplies to offset the needs of area schools that were impacted. After this year s event, we will be reforming FreeOK as an engine of humanitarian and community aid here in Oklahoma and focusing on building the freethinking community by supporting freethinking artists, businesses and educational entities in addition to holding our annual convention. You have inspired us to do more and we love that about you. We are excited to present such an exciting line-up for our first year in OKC! Be sure to stop by our sponsor and merch tables in the lobby, and check out the book signings this evening, followed by the after party here at the Cox Convention Center. And, as always, thank you for supporting FreeOK. 1

3 SCHEDULE freethought (fre THôt) n. - a philosophical viewpoint that holds opinions should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism and not authority, tradition, or other dogmas. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking", and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers." FreeOK is Oklahoma s annual freethought convention. It is designed to educate and unite freethinkers across the region for a day of comraderie and a lecture series from some of the most influential freethinkers of our age. Each presentation will last 45 minutes, with the exception of the keynote, Lawrence Krauss. There will be a 15 minute intermission between each presentation. We ask that attendees be seated promptly by the designated start time out of respect for each speaker. Concessions will be available immediately outside of the convention hall. 9:00 Jamila Bey Secular Journalism (video link) 10:00 *Sean Faircloth A Strategy for Secular Success 11:00 *Dale McGowan Raising ACTUAL Freethinkers * Book Signings 11:45-1:30 BREAK FOR LUNCH 1:30 Emily Boyer Secular Facts on Sexual Acts 2:30 Zack Kopplin Creationism in Education Legislature 3:30 *Seth Andrews Get Them While They re Young 4:30 *Lawrence Krauss The Higgs & the Story of Science 6:00 BOOK SIGNINGS 2

4 SPEAKERS Emily Boyer Emily R. Boyer is a sexual and reproductive health activist from Wichita, Kansas. She has channeled her passion for evidence based education into a career of promoting and providing comprehensive sexual health education that is medically accurate, sex positive, and judgment-free. Emily was last seen at the 2013 Skeptics of Oz conference in Wichita. Sean Faircloth Sean Faircloth is author of Attack of the Theocrats, How the Religious Right Harms Us All & What We Can Do About It, a book which offers a specific strategy for secular organizing. Faircloth recently returned from a spring speaking tour of New Zealand and Australia, including speaking at the Sydney Opera House. Faircloth is Dir. of Strategy & Policy for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, US. Faircloth served a decade in Maine s legislature, successfully spearheading over thirty laws, many pertaining to child welfare and women s rights. He had a 100% voting record with the Maine Women s Lobby for all ten years in elective office, often successfully initating related legislation. He served on the Judiciary Committee, the Appropriations Committee, and, in his last term, he was elected Majority Whip by his colleagues. Faircloth was opening speaker for presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Bangor Civic Center in Faircloth has served as opening speaker for Richard Dawkins on three tours of the United States. Prof. Dawkins is, by some measures, the most cited living scientist. He had the idea for the Maine Discovery Museum, leading the four-year $4.5 million project from concept to completion. Both in his book and in his work, he focuses on specific plans to organize secular citizens for a world based on reason and science. Faircloth has extensive experience in political organizing and lobbying at both the state and federal level. 3

5 SPEAKERS (cont d) Seth Andrews A former believer of 30 years (including a decade as a Christian radio host), Seth ultimately discovered that religion lacked any legitimate answers, especially in the bright light of scientific discovery. Instead of being satisfied with a belief system inherited from family and culture, Seth found greater satisfaction in thinking for himself, and he eventually encouraged others to do the same through an online community called The Thinking Atheist. He spoke at the inaugural FreeOK and FreeOK 2012 in Tulsa, OK and recently published a book titled Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason. Jamila Bey Jamila Bey is a journalist based in Washington, DC, where she hosts the weekly radio show The Sex, Politics And Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila which airs on AM 1390 in Washington and AM 1430 in New York City. She also writes for the Washington Post blog, She the People. Jamila served a decade-long stint as a producer and editor at National Public Radio working for shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Tell Me More with Michel Martin, and Talk of the Nation. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Humanist of London, Jazz Times Magazine and WebMD as well as on The Today Show and radio stations around the country. A sought-after speaker and writer, Jamila s areas of expertise include health and family policy, and all issues concerning the First Amendment. She particularly enjoys reporting on issues concerning religion and the separation of church and state. A stand-up comedienne, Jamila says she enjoys the stage because it s a cheaper hobby than scrapbooking. Her first book about the role of religion in the lives of African-American women is to be completed in fall Zack Kopplin Zack Kopplin is a science advocate from Louisiana. He s been fighting Louisiana s creationism law with the support of 78 Nobel laureates and has exposed hundreds of schools in voucher programs that teach creationism. His work has been covered nationally including on MSNBC and internationally in the Guardian and Vogue. 4

6 SPEAKERS (cont d) Dale McGowan Dale McGowan is co-author of Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers, and author of Atheism for Dummies. He teaches nonreligious parenting workshops across North America and is founding executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a humanist charitable organization. In 2008, Dale was named Harvard Humanist of the Year. He lives near Atlanta with his wife Becca and their three children. Lawrence Krauss Lawrence Maxwell Krauss is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is a professor of physics, Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing. He is an advocate of scientific skepticism, science education, and the science of morality. Krauss is one of the few living physicists referred to by Scientific American as a public intellectual, and he is the only physicist to have received awards from all three major U.S. physics societies: the American Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the American Institute of Physics. In 2012 he was awarded the National Science Board s Public Service Medal for his contributions to public education in science and engineering in the US. He regularly writes for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, has a column in Slate, and appears regularly on both television and radio. In addition, he is the subject of an upcoming full length feature film documentary, along with Richard Dawkins. 5

7 SPONSORS Americans United for Separation of Church and State is a nonpartisan educational organization dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all Americans. AU currently hosts the Voices United Concert series, which draws on the support from singers, songwriters and performers during a nationwide weekend of musical events to celebrate and defend the vital principle of church-state separation. In September 2013, AU will reprise this important event with a great series of concerts and performances in cities throughout the U.S. au.org voicesunitedconcerts.com The American Humanist Association is a national organization advocating for progressive values and equality for humanists, atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers. This is being accomplished through defense of civil liberties and secular governance, by outreach to the growing number of people without traditional religious faith, and through a continued refinement and advancement of the humanist worldview. AHA recently donated $10,000 to the Rebecca Vitsmun Recovery Fund as well as setting up a fund through Humanist Charities for Oklahoma Tornado Relief. americanhumanist.org humanistcharities.org In the middle of the Bible Belt there exists a community of individuals who strive to normalize atheism. Based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Atheists is currently the 7th largest atheist Meetup group in the world. We are also an extremely active group with over 25 meetups a month, and over 1500 members from around central Oklahoma. Our meetups cover a wide range of categories from social, parenting, health, political, outreach, educational, to volunteering. In addition to in-person meetups, we offer many private online community groups for our members. If you are free of religious beliefs, and would like to meet more like-minded people in Oklahoma, please join us. meetup.oklahomaatheists.com 6

8 NOTES Finding FreeOK The Cox Convention Center is located at 1 Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK Visit FreeOK.org/location/directions-parking for directions if your GPS can t get you there. The Convention Center is huge, but we are easy to find. FreeOK will be held on the 2nd floor coucourse level with the entrance on Sheridan Ave. Speaker presentations will be held in Great Hall D+E Child care is in Conference Room 21 The AfterParty is on the east side of the building in the Native American Room Books and Literacy Drive donations can be left at check-in Tables and merch will be located immediately outside of Great Hall D PARKING: The Santa Fe parking lot will be available for public parking at $6 a day. The lot is located on Gaylord Blvd between Kerr and Main St. FACEBOOK.COM/FREEOK.ORG 7

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